Presentation Outline ICHP Annual Meeting September 13-15

Inter‐Professional Teams ‐
Changing the Soundtrack
• Clinical Integration
– Interdisciplinary teams are needed to address
complex issues primary care providers face.
– With so much to do, each discipline must function
at the highest level of their skill and training.
– While the Patient Care Medical Home is a step in
the right direction, it is not powerful enough alone
to deliver the outcomes we are seeking.
Clinical Integration: Achieving
�Create time for physicians
◦ Documentation tools, protocols, care maps
◦ Standardize/enhance Allied Health staff
◦ Reduce “non‐productive” time
�Generate value for physicians
◦ Help achieve quality/satisfaction goals
◦ Financial incentives and support
◦ Share technology, resources and even staff
Putting it all together: Breakthrough Model to Drive Change:
Improvement Model, CPS, Clinical Integration
• Consistent use of clinical practice
guidelines, standing order sets, etc.
• Use allied health at highest level possible,
working ki as a tteam
• Standardized documentation templates
• Changing and refining practices in response
to performance data
Inter‐Professional Teams ‐ Approach to Clinical Integration
• Process
– Case and Disease management
– Doing things right
– Get patient to the right place at the right time
– PPush hagainst i tnon‐Compliance C li
• Outcomes
– Patient centered care coordination
– Doing the right things
– Achieving optimal health measures
– Safe and Effective Medication Use
Inter‐Professional Teams
Clinical Integration
• Levels of Integration
– Referral
– Colocation
– Fully integrated
Interdisciplinary Teamwork:
How Physicians, Nurses and Pharmacists
Can Work Together
“Answering Answering the Call to Action” Action
Mark Loafman MD, MPH
Assistant Professor Family Medicine, Northwestern
Feinberg School of Medicine
National Faculty Co‐Chair, HRSA Patient Safety and
Clinical Pharmacy Services Collaborative
8/30/2012
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